Combination garment



Oct. 25, 1955 1. H. RosENBAUM COMBINATION GARMENT med nec. 28, 195s (O m. m @v w. m m El /PV/NG Al ROSE/VBAUM United States Patent Oiice 2,721,328 Patented Oct. 25, 1955 1 2,721,328 COMBINATION GARMENT Irving H. Rosenbaum, Scarsdale, N. Y. Application December 28, 1953, Serial No. 400,625 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-95) The present invention relates to improvements in wearing apparel and in particular relates to a new and improved garment which presents the appearance of both a shirt and an outer coat.

The garment of the invention is intended to be worn during hot weather in which it would be extremely uncomfortable to wear a suit coat or jacket over the shirt. In general the garment comprises a jacket of light-weight material having an integral front extension portion which serves as a false shirt front, so that, while a single light garment is worn, it has the appearance of a jacket worn over a shirt.

The entire garment may be made of a light and inexpensive fabric material such as the cotton broadcloth usually used in shirts, thereby being economical in manufacture. At the same time, the outer jacket portion may be colored dilerently from the shirt portion so that the appearance of two garments is enhanced.

Additional objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent in the course of the following specification when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is an exploded perspective view showing the shirt portion and the jacket portion of the garment separated from each other;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the assembled garment in open position;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the garment showing the manner in which it is worn in buttoned position;

Fig. 4 is an elevational view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the front of the jacket portion of the garment unbuttoned and opened; and

Fig. 5 is a section taken along line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

The garment of the invention generally comprises a jacket section and a shirt section 11 attached together and so arranged as to give the appearance of a separate shirt worn under the jacket.

The jacket section 10 is formed in the style of a conventional loose-fitting suit coat or jacket having a back portion 12, a pair of matching front panels 13 which meet at the front center of the garment, and a pair of sleeves 14. The jacket section 10 is generally formed of an unlined single layer of light material except for a wide hem 15 at the bottom thereof held by a line of stitching 16, and a pair of inner facings 17. Each inner facing 17 has an inner and outer longitudinal edge 18 and 19, and is arranged with its outer longitudinal edge 19 in registery with the free edge of the front panel 13, a line of stitching 20 extending along these registering edges connecting the facing 17 to said front panel. The line of stitching 20 extends along the top and bottom edges of the facing 17 but not along its inner edge 18. The inner edge of the facing is, however, joined to the body of the front panel 13 by stitching 21 which secures a breast pocket 22 to the outer face of each front panel. Thus visible lines of stitching on the faces of the front panels are avoided.

The jacket section 10 is made with a V-shaped neck opening 23 and is provided with matching buttons 24 and buttonholes 25 for closing the front of said jacket. The neck opening 23 may optionally be provided with lapels 26 of the usual type, as indicaed in broken line in Fig. 3.

The shirt portion 11 comprises a collar 30 having elongated strips or panels 31 stitched to the lower ends thereof and depending therefrom. Each strip 31 has an extension strip or tab 32 attached to the lower end thereof. The tabs 32 may be made integral with the strips 31 if desired.

The lower edge of the collar 30 is attached to the co1- lar portion of the jacket section 10 by stitching 33. To complete the mounting of the shirt section 11, the edge of each strip 31 is aligned with and attached to the inner longitudinal edge 18 of a respective facing 17 by a line of stitching 34, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. This stitching 34 does not extend through the body of front panel 13, so that, again, visible stitching is not apparent from the front of the garment. The strips 31 are provided with matching buttons 35 and buttonholes 36.

Each strip 31 is of such a length as to extend to the waist portion of the garment. The stitching 34 extends the length of the strip 31, that is, to said waist portion, but does not extend through the extension strip or tab 32. Thus each tab hangs free, and when the garment is worn it is positioned to be tucked within the trousers, as shown in Fig. 4, in the manner of the tails of a conventional shirt. The strips 31 are sized to extend to the top edge of the trousers. When the jacket is opened, as shown in Fig, 4, the buttoned shirt section 11 is thus held against the body, giving the appearance of a complete shirt worn under a jacket.

To increase the contrast between the shirt section 11 and jacket section 10, these sections may be made in different colors or designs as indicated in the drawings, although it is preferred to make both sections of the lightweight fabric usually used in the manufacture of shirts in oi'der to provide a comfortable garment for hot weather wear. The collar may be worn open so that the shirt section has the appearance of a sport shirt, or the collar may be worn closed as shown in Fig. 4 or with a necktie as shown in Fig. 3.

While a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described herein, it is obvious that numerous additions, changes and omissions may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

I claim:

A combination garment comprising an outer jacket sec tion and an inner shirt section, said jacket section including a pair of front panels having free edges which meet at the center of the garment and wide inner facings extending substantially the length of the garment along said free edges said facings having inner and outer longitudinal side edges, the outer side edges of the facings being in registry with and stitched to the free edges of the panels, said shirt section comprising a collar attached to the upper edge of said jacket section and a pair of narrow strips attached to and depending from said collar, said strips being of substantially the same widths as said inner facings and each being attached along one longitudinal edge to the inner longitudinal edge of a respective inner facing by lines of stitching extending downwardly fromv said collar to the waist portion of said garment, the strips having portions which extend below said lines of stitching and hang freely to form extension tabs positioned to be tucked within the waist of the trousers when the garment is worn, said strips having facing free longitudinal edges and means for releasably attaching together said free edges at the center of the garment, said jacket section having an outer breast pocket on each of said front panels secured to said front panels by lines of stitching, said lines of stitching also extending through the inner facings and securing said inner facings to said front panels, said inner side edges of the facings being free except for said latter lines of stitching.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,476,228 Spilman Dec. 4, 1923 1,817,302 Einbinder Aug. 4, 1931 2,306,154 Bryant Dec. 22, 1942 

